Be My Voice vs The Look of Silence

Be My Voice and The Look of Silence are tied on audience score (7.8/10). Be My Voice is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 40m. The Look of Silence is the older of the two (2014 against 2021). Both are documentary, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Be My Voice posterBe My Voice2021 VS The Look of Silence posterThe Look of Silence2014
Be My VoiceThe Look of Silence
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.8/10
Year20212014
Length1h 30m1h 40m
GenresDocumentary, HistoryDocumentary, History
Country––
DirectorNahid Persson SarvestaniJoshua Oppenheimer
Main castRaheleh Ahmadi, Ali Alinejad, Masih Alinejad, Saba Kordafshar, Roohollah ZamaniAdi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Inong, Kemat

Synopsis

Be My Voice

Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad has 4.5 million followers on Instagram after urging Iranian women to rebel against the forced hijab on social media. Her call to action has grown into one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in today’s Iran. Something that has made the regime desperately tighten its grip to regain control over the people.

The Look of Silence

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.

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